Hindi

Noun

धर्म • ‎(dharma) m ‎(Urdu spelling دھرم)

1. religion, faith

   हम किसी धर्म का तिरस्कार नहीं करना चाहते।‎

   ham kisī dharma kā tiraskār nahī̃ karnā cāhte.

   We do not want to disregard any religion.

   धर्म हमारे समाज की रीढ़ है।‎

   dharma hamāre samāj kī rīṛh hai.

   Religion is the backbone of our society.

2. virtue, righteousness

   हमारा नेता एक धर्म-स्तम्भ है।‎

   hamārā netā ek dharma-stambh hai.

   Our leader is a pillar of righteousness.

3. duty

   तुम्हारी मृत्यु से पहले, अपना अन्तिम धर्म निभाना पड़ता।‎

   tumhārī mŕtyu se pahle, apnā antim dharma nibhānā paṛtā.

   Before your death, you must fulfill your duty.

Declension

Synonyms

• (religion) मज़हब ‎(mazhab)
• (duty) कर्तव्य ‎(kartavya)

Derived terms

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “धर्म”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• धर्म in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म ‎(dhárma)

Noun

धर्म • ‎(dharma) m

1. religion

Nepali

Noun

धर्म • ‎(dharma)

1. religion

Newari

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म ‎(dhárma)

Noun

धर्म ‎(dharma)

1. religion

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‎(“to hold, to support”).

Pronunciation

Noun

धर्म • ‎(dhárma) m

1. morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good works
2. that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law
3. usage, practice, customary observance or prescribed conduct, duty
4. right, justice (often as a synonym of punishment)
5. religion, religious merit
6. Law or Justice personified
7. the law or doctrine of Buddhism
8. the ethical precepts of Buddhism
9. the law of Northern Buddhism
10. nature, character, peculiar condition or essential quality, property, mark, peculiarity
11. a particular ceremony
12. sacrifice
13. the ninth mansion
14. Upanishad
15. associating with the virtuous
16. religious abstraction, devotion
17. bow
18. Soma-drinker
19. name of the 15th अर्हत् ‎(arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी ‎(ava-sarpiṇī)

Declension

Related terms

• धर्मन् ‎(dharman)

Descendants

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0510